The schedulers at 9E do a good job with what they are told and given. With our management they are under strict instructions on what they are allowed to do. And then they are given a thousands of hours to cover with less then 5 crews per a/c, and on top of that less then 15 rsv pilots per base per day. Because we cover that during the summer our management in their infinite wisdom thinks you can do that with winter ops.

So they fly guys a 100 hrs a month all year and wonder why they time out around october.

Then they see few delays from May to Sept, and wonder why there are wx delays Nov to Mar.

Every year surprised by sick calls during seasonal changes.

So here is how we send a message, NOBODY pick up their phone, they will be forced to use reserves, and when that runs out, uh-oh, they will scramble to start classes. Delta will force the new contract with the pilots to include more crews per a/c = more jobs. And stop using cell phones for mx issues, and disregard that URGENT MEMO, no where in our job description does it say we are responsible to make sure the a/c is maintained, only that the books are up to date.(and if you read the memo carefully all it says is that if the cat II expires you have to have it written up, and if its within 10 days of expiring to you are REQUESTED to do a practice, I forget requests all the time) And that memo that we need to look like professionals, why dont they pay us like professionals, but dont take it like we should walk around like a bunch of slobs either.